{"id":31601,"date":"2016-03-24T05:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T12:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=31601"},"modified":"2016-03-23T08:50:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T15:50:31","slug":"various-sundry-2016-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/various-sundry-2016-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry 2016 #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Housekeeping<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for leaving a comment. I really appreciate it. If you have never left a comment, I need to approve it. Recently, a kind person named Jen left a comment adding to the list of QuiltCon posts on the last V&S post<\/a>. I could not approve her post, because, though it seemed real, she did not leave an email address or a website so I could check. This information, when you register, is not shared. Please do not leave fake addresses. I do appreciate your comments, but I need to confirm that you are not a spammer. Thanks!<\/p>\n

Other Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n

I finally took a look at Melissa Averinos’ website<\/a>. Her quilts are colorful, but have an element of sadness to them IMO. Her blog has a lot of OMG in it, but I think a lot of good has happened to her recently, so understandable.<\/p>\n

Libs Elliott posted a great manifesto<\/a> of sorts on Instagram. She posted it during the dark time on Instagram, so I am not sure how many people saw it. Take a look.<\/p>\n

Exhibits & Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Monterey Peninsula Quilt Show is coming up on the weekend of April 9. Entry is only $5 according to their website<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Winners of the Lancaster AQS Show have been posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Piecemakers Legacies of Love Show will be held in Fremont July 16 & 17, 2016. Check the website<\/a> as the date gets closer for more details.<\/p>\n

Fabric, Tools & Supplies<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was directed to the Okan fabric shop<\/a>. They have mostly indigos and other Japanese fabrics. After buying a lot of Japanese fabrics early in my career, I have sworn off them. The colors and clear designs are VERY hard to resist, though, and you should indulge. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Yes, I have many of these low volume prints<\/a>, but I will take the ones I don’t. Thanks.<\/p>\n

Sew Mama Sew had an article recently called 12 Places to Donate Fabric<\/a>. I was kind of disappointed, because it wasn’t a list of, say nonprofits, that actually take fabric; it was a list of places the might<\/em> take fabric. We all know that many of the organizations that might<\/em> take fabric are overwhelmed with generosity and usually don’t have the capacity to take it. Jenelle Monitlone wrote in a comment “Here\u2019s a resource<\/a> I pulled together which will allow you find Creative Reuse centers like SCRAP across the country and around the world” Jenelle’s list looks much more useful. Other suggestions include:<\/p>\n